The leader of the Democratic Party in the US Senate Charles Schumer has endorsed President Donald Trump’s trade policies against China, saying in a rare show of support that the Republican head of state is moving “on the right path.”
Schumer, who represents the state of New York in the upper chamber of Congress, has on many occasions locked horns with Trump. But the senior senator told a radio show on Sunday that he is on the president’s side when it comes to “squeezing China.”
“China is not helpful to the United States. They are happy to see us in trouble,” Schumer said.
“And the way to get at them — what is the mother lode for China — is their trade with us,” he added. “They take advantage of American workers, American wealth, American companies regularly. I called them rapacious.”
He argued that Trump’s pressure on China may force the Chinese towards cooperating with Americans in North Korea, where the Trump…